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The headgates are open and water is returning to Highline Lake in the state park located outside of Grand Junction. The lake ...

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant underneath sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for ...

A new study found that microbes in the Sargasso Sea divide nutrients throughout their communities over time, supporting ...

In the vibrant yet fragile waters of the Gulf of Oman, spectacular phytoplankton blooms – visible even from space – unfold in ...

Though phytoplankton give the Hudson River a potentially unappealing greenish color, their presence indicates a healthy ...

Redondo Beach — The Trump administration’s targeting of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will jeopardize ...

A harmful algal bloom of Karenia mikimotoi made dozens of surfers sick and killed seadragons, fish and octopuses on two South ...

Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

The oceans teem with photosynthesizing bacteria, tiny-tailed dinoflagellates gobbling other plankton, algae surrounded by intricate glass skeletons. In the 1960s, the ecologist G. Evelyn ...

What would happen if all plankton vanished? The unhealthiest fast-food sandwich in America is not a Big Mac, based on data. See the 10 worst. Self-made millionaire: Most Americans waste too much ...

Canada strikes radar system deal with Australia to defend Arctic as it shifts away from US reliance US announces shift in priorities for minerals deal ‘The Big Bang Theory' Spinoff Gets Stuart ...